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The 1916 Project details the work of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, and the impact her work has had on modern-day American culture. This photo shows the first birth control clinic Sanger opened in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn in October 1916. Photo credit: Library of Congress

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Margaret Sanger Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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In this March 1, 1934 file photo, Margaret Sanger, who founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, speaks before a Senate committee to advocate for federal birth-control legislation in Washington. Sanger's legal appeals eventually prompted federal courts to grant physicians the right to give advice about birth-control methods. Sanger founded two organizations that later merged to form the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. (AP Photo) **FILE**

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Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, shown at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C. in 1934, advocated curbing reproduction of "undesirables" among "dysgenic groups." (AP Photo)

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Portrait of Margaret Sanger

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Margaret Sanger